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India reports 756 new Covid cases, 5 deaths

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NEW DELHI, Jan 7: The Union Health Ministry on Sunday said the country reported 756 new Covid-19 cases and five deaths in the last 24 hours.
The five new fatalities were reported from Maharashtra, Kerala and Jammu & Kashmir, according to the Ministry data.
On Saturday, two deaths were reported from Tamil Nadu and Gujarat while on Friday, 12 deaths were reported – five from Kerala, four from Karnataka, two from Maharashtra, and one from Uttar Pradesh.
Meanwhile, the total number of active cases further fell to 4,049 from Saturday’s 4,187.
As of now, the total number of coronavirus cases in India, since the initial outbreak in January 2020, has reached 4,50,18,134, while the overall death toll has risen to 5,33,392. The new JN.1 sub-variant is a descendent of the Omicron subvariant known as BA.2.86 or Pirola, with Kerala being the first state to report a case. (IANS)

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